Improvement in shoes



J. P. RAND.

Improvement in Shoes.

Patented March12, 1872.

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'UNITED STATES A.'rniv'r OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOES.

Speciiicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,512, dated March 12, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. I). RAND, of Dallas City, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Shoes; and Ido hereby declare that theV following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of perspective front viewl of improved shoe. Fig. 2 is a perspective'rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of rivet. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of heel part, showing riveted seam and skivered edge. Fig. 5 is a section of leather, showing the nature of shivered edge..

. resenta plow-shoe, the kind to which the riveting is most applicable. The upper is com-f posed of two side'halves, A A', one of which overlaps the other. They are punched, and united at the toe and heel seams by means of ordinary leather rivets b. These rivet-seams can beinade quickly, and are believed to be more durable than sewed seams. The ankle leather is skived to a feather-edge, as shown at G, so that the shoe may be laced more tightly around the ankle without chang the wear-` er. Y For the improved method of lacing I punch i the overlapped side Awith a number of holes, a, in sets ofV two, and` the overlapping side with half 'that number of holes, c', arranged in regular order. I then pass a string, lace, or thong through the holes a of the part A, whereby loops are formed on each side thereof. l The loops are formed on the upper side between the holes which are nearest each other, and on the under side between those furthest apart. Thus the loops alternate on opposite sides of the ilap or side A of the shoe. The string is inserted in the hole a in the top or ankle portion of the shoe and led down to the bottom hole, as shown, and thence carried under and put through the bottom hole a' of the side A', and thence led back across the lap and putthr'ough the lower loop of the side A; thence aga-in through the second hole a' in side A', and then backv again across or over ed to the form of the instep.

I do not claim a shoe whose upper is formed in two parts which are united by rivets or other preferred means.

I claim as my inventionl. A shoe cut and overlapped at the part laced, substantially in the manner shown and described.

2. The method of lacing, as shown and particularly described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSHUA P. RAND.

Witnesses: y

THEoDoRE REA, GEO. W. RIGBY. 

